Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Now, its like a packed corporate strategy meeting where every department sends a representativeeach with an opinion and veto power. The buyers journey has become a complex negotiation requiring diplomacy, deep understanding, and the ability to build cross-functional consensus. B2B buying groups are larger than ever.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Have you heard of the term ‘integrative negotiation’? It’s not a term used often but it’s a concept that can take your negotiating skills onto the next level. Here, we discuss what it is and how you can best utilise it in your negotiating meetings, especially if you need to get to a position during win-win bargaining.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In a world where customers can easily switch to a competitor, sales organizations that fail to meet these new expectations risk losing opportunities. To use this approach effectively, sales professionals must be able to ask open-ended questions , listen actively, problem-solve, negotiate, and focus on value rather than price.

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Scovel

AUGUST 30, 2021

Hello, in this video we will discuss the various Negotiation Models and Strategies. When two people meet with an intention to perform an activity or reach a goal, they have two perspectives. Negotiation is a way of settling down differences between these two people or among groups. 1) Integrative negotiation (Win-win model).

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Mike Kunkle

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Some vendors offer wider support with storytelling, presentation skills, negotiating, and strategic or large account management practices, but few cover the entire customer lifecycle (or at least without stringing courses together to get coverage). (To Many of the commercially-available methodologies are very good, but incomplete.

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Red Star Kim

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

See the section below on negotiation. When we meet someone, we show interest in them and learn about them (to build empathy and see the world through their eyes An introduction to emotional intelligence (EQ) and empathy (Video) (kimtasso.com) ) by asking questions. Questions are important when we meet someone new.

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Shapiro Negotiations

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Often, when we talk about negotiation, we do so in reference to two parties collaborating to find a common solution. Though this is certainly the nature of some negotiations, many times, negotiators have to deal with more than one other person. What Is Multiparty Negotiation?

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Shapiro Negotiations

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Often, when we talk about negotiation, we do so in reference to two parties collaborating to find a common solution. Though this is certainly the nature of some negotiations, many times, negotiators have to deal with more than one other person. What Is Multiparty Negotiation? Unique Features of Multiparty Negotiation.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Many salespeople treat the negotiation like a zero-sum game. This mentality erodes trust and forces your negotiation partner to act selfishly. A LinkedIn Pulse or blog post you’d like to feature them in. Coordinate a meeting between one of their executives and yours. Do your best to meet every due date and commitment.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Certain prospects may even skip stages in your pipeline -- for example, if a buyer proactively introduces you to the budget authority before you’ve asked, you’d move the deal straight from “initial connect” to “meeting with decision maker.”. Appointment set: The buyer agrees to a meeting to learn more about how you can help them.

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Scovel

AUGUST 30, 2021

Here are some best practices you can use to align your sales and marketing teams: Conduct regular meetings: This may sound obvious, but allocating time for regular meetings can be a challenge, especially when there are deadlines to meet and scarcity of time. This will help in both the teams to work together and meet the metrics.

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Brooks Group

MAY 2, 2023

Opening the Meeting Is More Important Than You Know Our culture seems to underemphasize the importance of starting off strong. The process of tying up a sale doesn’t begin at the negotiation table after all the meetings have been had and solutions have been presented, but rather at the beginning of the sales process.

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Scovel

MAY 4, 2021

This blog is for you!! This will be the first or at best the second meeting with the prospective customer. To learn about how to become a good salesperson check out the following blogs. NEGOTIATION: During the presentation stage, the customers may want to negotiate or change certain terms to match their specifications.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Incorporate your personal brand into your calls, emails, meetings, and social media. When my editor Aja and I started this blog article, we spent a lot of time noodling on the question: “What makes a person memorable?”. She also taught me how to binge-watch Netflix, but that's another blog article. Negotiating.

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DemandFarm

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A multinational software company might spend nearly a year negotiating a $5 million deal with a Fortune 500 company. This process involves multiple product demonstrations, engaging with IT, procurement, and finance stakeholders, and significant customization to meet the client’s needs.

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 17, 2020

When you are a part of a sales team, your main priority is closing deals faster and meeting your monthly quotas. However, you have to be fully prepared before you can close a deal through a sales meeting. Different Ways Leveraging Video Meetings Can Help Boost Sales. Setting Up Meetings With Decision-Makers.

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Red Star Kim

JUNE 24, 2022

It is natural that we evaluate the people we meet and work with. And you also see them in negotiation models – even the FBI’s hostage negotiation model – the Behavioural Change Stairway (BCSM) five stages: active listening, empathy, rapport, influence and behaviour change.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 16, 2020

Anyone can have a good sales month, but a high-performing salesperson and sales team can meet or exceed expectations for an extended period of time through different sets of economic circumstances and competitive situations. After some coaching on negotiation and closing, she was able to steadily increase her Average Sales Price.".

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MDI Training

MARCH 25, 2025

Imagine a virtual simulation where a leader faces underperformance and team tension with a new employee, a salary negotiation, or a feedback talk with a team member who frequently dominates team discussions. This AI-powered tool can analyze leaders communication styles, decision-making patterns, and even their tone of voice during meetings.

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Brooks Group

JANUARY 24, 2024

But even throughout this tough period, some sales organizations have found a way to meet or exceed targets—and feel confident in their ability to do it again this year. In this blog post we share 6 of the key differences between successful and underperforming teams. What are high-performance sales teams doing differently?

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Red Star Kim

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

It’s helpful in conversations, critical thinking and negotiation. Long before I learned of the value of Socratic questioning in coaching and counselling, I remember an editor asking me to use Socratic questioning in some writing. Socratic questioning is a way to drive logical argument. So what is Socratic questioning? Questioning skills).

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 25, 2018

Amiable buyers lack assertiveness so will agree to appointments and meetings, but are they wasting your time? They are nice people to be around, but find difficulty saying no and in negotiations tend to give everything away. This is the typical negotiator. They seem unfriendly at first and will impose time deadlines on meetings.

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Red Star Kim

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Nervousness – Shyness, modesty, lack of confidence and fear of failure can make fee-earners reluctant to organise meetings to take the next steps in building a potential client relationship. A challenging role requiring deep insight into potential clients and value propositions as well as a great deal of confidence.

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

You developed some rapport and the prospect showed some positive buying signals during the meeting. This second question is perfect for the customer who loves to negotiate. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. For them or their business. #2 2 – “Is that fair enough?”. Happy selling!

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In the HubSpot Blog's recent survey of over 500 sales professionals, we tried to see what sales leaders hope to achieve when training reps and the top sales coaching tactics they use to get there — and our survey produced some interesting insight on both fronts.

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CM Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

We even have a catchy name for it that we think you’ll like – stay tuned for more in a future blog post. The dramatic town hall meetings of early 2017 first caught our attention. Alexis de Toqueville once wrote that local institutions, like town hall meetings, were “to liberty what primary schools are to science.”

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 29, 2022

Closing a deal is definitely the most challenging and demanding part of sales negotiations with the customer. In our context, it means finalizing the negotiation process by setting an agreement. The second is the sequence of actions both parties must adhere to in terms of adding any changes to the documents they’re negotiating.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 25, 2024

Sales teams that don’t follow their sales process find it difficult to meet sales goals. IMPACT is a straightforward acronym representing the core stages of the sales process : Investigate, Meet, Probe, Apply, Convince, Tie-It-Up. The data backs this up. Research shows that sticking with a sales process correlates with success.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2019

Stage 5 : Negotiate and Close. Each stage should define the objective, best practice activities, tools, models, and customer actions that signal readiness to advance to the next stage (for example, the customer agrees to a meeting in stage one or provides access to the executive buyer in stage two). Step 5: Negotiate and Close.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2019

If you’ve never thought much about a company’s sales velocity, take a moment to brush up on this important equation -- and go beyond KPIs to impress your manager or future manager the next time you meet. Is it when they read a specific blog post on your site? So, what is sales velocity? Sales Velocity.

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Brooks Group

JULY 30, 2024

Listening, questioning, negotiating, closing—today’s sales professionals need so many different selling skills to succeed. Sales Development Tip: Provide your sellers with responses to common objections and training on negotiation and remaining calm under pressure.

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Shapiro Negotiations

APRIL 17, 2019

When it comes to negotiating, everyone wants a leg up on the competition. Negotiating at Their Place While your first instinct might be to avoid playing an away game, there are several reasons why it can be to your advantage. Nevertheless, there are ways to make a home field negotiation work for you. Confidence. Opportunity.

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Shapiro Negotiations

APRIL 17, 2019

When it comes to negotiating, everyone wants a leg up on the competition. Negotiating at Their Place. Confidence is always a good thing to demonstrate during negotiations and can elicit concessions that otherwise would not have been forthcoming. Negotiating on Home Turf. Neutral Location Negotiations. Confidence.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 2, 2018

Good communicator ,” “ skilled negotiator ,” “ great at building rapport.” People who frequently set and meet goals are more likely to continue this pattern. Many resume blogs urge you to pack your CV with jargon, but I’d advise against that. Always meet goals. They’re soundbites, buzzwords, and part of playing the game.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Pricing Negotiations There’s no doubt that at some point in your career, you will deal with pricing negotiations. Naturally, the sales team can control their process with good time management, helpful follow-ups to prospects, creating value in a first meeting, and more. Read on and learn from people already in the field.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 16, 2019

Amiable buyers lack assertiveness so will agree to appointments and meetings, but are they wasting your time? They are nice people to be around, but find difficulty saying no and in negotiations tend to give everything away. This is the typical negotiator. They seem unfriendly at first and will impose time deadlines on meetings.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 17, 2019

The result of meeting the buyer where they are -- with an approach tailored to their needs -- is that that prospect moves from stranger to opportunity and finally customer in a frictionless way. Keep your answers to these questions in mind as you’re vetting potential CRMs and know which are non-negotiable. HubSpot Meetings Tool.

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